Chapter 46 Just an Elder

Tobias felt a sting at the word “asking,” but he swallowed it.

“Yeah, okay. Consider me asking,” he said.

“I’ll be there,” Kaia replied. “I’ll meet you at the venue, but I’m skipping the pre-ceremony preparations.”

He hesitated, then nodded. “Fine. I’ll let the Graves family know.”

All those traditional pre-wedding customs were just for show anyway. The reception was what mattered.

When Lucien arrived at the hospital, they were already gone. He spoke briefly with the doctor, then looked through the glass at the woman lying unconscious in the bed.

He’d seen her just days ago, so full of life. Now she lay still, a fragile form lost in a tangle of tubes and beeping machines. He stepped away, pulling out his phone to call Alyssa again.

“Anyone visited the Graves Manor in the last day or two?” he asked.

“No, don’t think so. Uncle Lucien, what’s going on?”

“Mm, I see,” he replied, hanging up, lost in thought.

Is she sun going to my

либ

accident…

He tugged at his tie. The urge to storm over to her place, to demand what she was doing, was almost unbearable. But he couldn’t. She was still Alden’s bride-to-be.

Until that engagement was dead and buried, he was just an elder to her.

*****

at their house, Sally met Tobias at the door, her

how’s your mother?”

shot her a fierce glare. “Why weren’t

honey, I wanted

how she is. I didn’t want to set her off. She’d start smashing things

a good private nurse for her tomorrow. Top care,

A stroke?

Sally’s smile faltered.

when she’s discharged? You’re not planning to bring

god. What if he wants her to move in here after?

if she passes away in the house? Talk about bad

hospital for

Relief washed over Sally.

the

face. “Finally,

added, “Even if she tried to bail, I’d drag her there myself. But she said to skip all the pre-wedding stuff. We’ll get a good night’s sleep and

Sally frowned.

Skip all the traditions?

began to

Kaia really going to show

ten o’clock that night, Alyssa’s phone finally buzzed. It

Kaia.

you been? I’ve been

need you to do something for

sharp in a black tux and hair perfectly coiffed, projected an air

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